Summary
Responsible for the procurement of direct spend for Logistics, including vendor selection, price negotiation and logistical coordination. Drives cost savings initiatives across area of responsibility, teaming with various departments throughout G3 and Gallo to source logistics in the most cost-effective way. Presents to cross-functional management teams. Develops and evaluates cost models based upon financial data extracted from industry research, current spending data, and logistics analyses. Responsible for the collection, organization, analysis, summation and presentation of key information essential for Management decision making.
Develops or approves recommendations to change systems, policies and procedures; ensures timely and accurate implementtion. Participates in department and interdepartmental planning and management teams and works cross-functionally within the organization.
Essential Functions
This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
* Communication: Communicates daily, through phone, email and live meetings, with external partners & internal customer groups. Regularly organizes and holds meetings with various levels of management, both internal & external.
* Data Collection/Organization: Collects, organizes and analyzes data from internal/external sources in order to identify major expenditures, key items, savings opportunities and price variances. Establishes and maintains a database for each logistics function, containing key business information such as company and market history, leading suppliers and industry capacity, forecasts and trends.
* Logistics Background Analysis: Researches logistics industries in order to obtain a thorough understanding of market factors, key influences, supply chain dynamics and major cost drivers and develop supplier cost and pricing models.
* Conducts financial analyses of potential supply partners, including the evaluation of financial statement information and key ratio analysis.
* Supplier Maintenance: Analyzes supplier performance in order to gauge compliance to contractual agreements and improve quality & service. Acquires and analyzes data in order to address specific issues and execute ad hoc analyses. Participates in addressing customer/field/supplier issues and concerns.
* Management Reports/Presentations: Prepares regular reports & presentations to Management to drive & track cost savings efforts, forecast future price movements, and explain variances between budgeted and actual expenditure.
* Develops project presentations to Management that clearly communicate logistics risks and opportunities, category objectives and procurement strategy.
* Maintains satisfactory attendance, to include timeliness.
* Responsible for understanding and complying with applicable quality, environmental and safety regulatory considerations. If accountable for the work of others, responsible for ensuring their understanding and compliance.
* This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Minimum Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree plus 2 years of experience in finance/accounting, supply chain, procurement, sales, or operations/engineering reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
Preferred Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in business, engineering or sciences plus 5 years of experience in finance/accounting, supply chain, procurement, sales, or operations/engineering reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
* Experience reading, analyzing and interpreting general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations. Experience writing reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Skilled at effectively presenting information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.
* Computer skill requirements include: intermediate MS Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint, Showcase & JDE.
* Skilled at defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts and drawing valid conclusions. Skilled at interpreting extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and dealing with several abstract and concrete variables.
* Skilled at performing work that is varied and may be somewhat difficult in character, usually involving multiple variables, requiring independent work, frequent evaluation, originality or ingenuity.
* Knows and applies the fundamental concepts, practices and procedures of this particular field of specialization.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and humid conditions, moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Compensation
- Hiring Hourly Rate: $30.72 - $38.41
- Actual compensation amount paid may be lower or higher to be determined by factors other than race and gender such as the education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.
Perks & Benefits
This position includes a competitive benefits package.
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G3 Enterprises
$30.72 - $38.41
May 17, 2025